(A) The County Board of Commissioners may from time-to-time amend the terms of this chapter but no amendment shall become effective unless it has been proposed by or shall have been submitted to the Planning Board for review and recommendation. The Planning Board shall have 45 days from the time the proposed amendment is submitted to it within which to submit its report. If the Planning Board fails to submit a report within the specified time, it shall be deemed to have recommended approval of the amendment.
(B) No amendment shall be adopted by the governing body until it has held a public hearing on the amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once a week for two successive calendar weeks prior to the hearing.
(C) The initial notice shall be published the first time not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing. In computing such period, the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing shall be included.
(Ord. passed 1-8-2002)